When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, a How To guide for people losing sight and their families was published in July 2019, including an accessible version. “Does Your Pill Bottle Talk” is mentioned in Chapter 7. October is the “You Can Save Lives Too” month. Start with your own! If […]
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This post is referred to in Chapter 7: A Home That Works for Everyone, in my new book When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: vision Loss and Personal Recovery , published this month. Buying online is getting popular and can be easier than getting to the store. There are big variations in how accessible online […]
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Guest post by Jennifer Harnish. Dr. Harnish is the Director of Rehabilitation services at the Carroll Center for the Blind with a doctorate in clinical psychology. She is an advocate for policy, training, and therapeutic support for those with visual impairments. Jennifer has been legally blind since 1997 from Retinitis Pigmentosa. She is the mother […]
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This post is referred to in Chapter 9: Independent Socializing of my new book When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, a How To guide for people losing sight and their friends published this month, including accessible versions. Churches, temples and mosques are charitable places where people want to be helpful, […]
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Guest post by Ashley Colburn, a Certified Vision Rehabilitation Theropist at the Carroll Center for the Blind where she has worked for five years. She instructs blind and visually impaired adults on a wide range of adaptive skills including assistive technology, braille, recordkeeping and home management. PAYING YOUR BILLS Bill paying and moving your money […]
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WHEN YOU CAN’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES: VISION LOSS AND PERSONAL RECOVERY, a “How To” guide for people losing sight and their families is being published in July 2019, including accessible versions. This post is referred to in Chapter 12: Becoming a whole Person Again. When you are coping with the loss of good vision the […]
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When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, a how to guide for people losing sight and their families is being published in July 2019, including accessible versions. This post is referred to in the final chapter “A Whole Person Again.” Everyone is developing “computer-hunch” these days but the problem is worse […]
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Once you’ve got the kitchen and bathroom surfaces in hand, you can start on their floors. A vacuum cleaner-broom combo works best for any dry floor including kitchen and bathroom. Put your hand (wearing thin disposable gloves,) on the kitchen floor in a few places to check the dirt level especially under appliances and fixtures. […]
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When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, a how-to guide for people losing sight and their families is being published in July 2019, including accessible versions. This post is referred to in Chapter 7: A Home That Works for Everyone It’s good to start with something simple you can get your […]
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Here in the northeast spring only sprang recently and still isn’t too sure about it. Fashion forward folks start on their spring wardrobe in March or even February, but now is a good time for the rest of us. There are spring sales around this week and next. Call one or two favorite stores, or […]
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